"Have any of your senior (or now deceased) family members every told you of a paranormal or otherwise strange experience?"
(Thanks to Duke for the question.)
(Thanks to Duke for the question.)
Interesting Duke. Wonder if it was a craft, some kind of surveillance device or even a ghost light.
My grandad and great uncle were very serious guys,they worked as illegal SP bookmakers.One day in Sydney they were dropping off a large amount of cash for another bookie and they witnessed a spacecraft about 15ft across hover about 20ft next to them for a few minutes then shoot straight up at a great speed and disappear.This was back in the 1950's.They told my granma once and would never talk about again,when asked they still had a weird scared look and just nodded their heads.These guys were not the joking or attention seeking type.
Do you believe your grandfather assumed it was something otherworldly or due to his generation being less educated about a natural anomaly that occurs?
I remember watching a doco a couple of years ago about a UFO sighting by multiple people at a school here,I can't remember if it was in Sydney or what year but I think it was the 50's or 60's.I'll try and google some info.I 100% believe my relatives on this.Have you ever gone back to see if there were any other reports in Sydney about the time of their sighting? If there is a UFO data base for Oz similar to NUFORC's here, might be a good starting place.
Not sure if you are asking me or Duke but they described this as a saucer shaped craft,whether it was alien or a government experiment,who knows but according to my grandmother the guys were in a very frightened state and would never speak about it again.Do you believe your grandfather assumed it was something otherworldly or due to his generation being less educated about a natural anomaly that occurs?